

{"id":26354,"date":"2019-01-22T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=26354"},"modified":"2019-01-22T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:37:00","slug":"no-mamata-banerjee-did-not-exclusively-promote-islam-or-urdu-at-the-united-india-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-mamata-banerjee-did-not-exclusively-promote-islam-or-urdu-at-the-united-india-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Mamata Banerjee did not exclusively promote Islam or Urdu at the United India rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the mahagatbandhan rally in Kolkata organized by the TMC, social media user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrGPradhan\/status\/1086877466746970113\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaurav Pradhan<\/a> tweeted a screenshot of a television news broadcast attributing a statement to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee which read, <em>&#8220;\u0908\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 (faith is a synonym for Muslims -translated)&#8221;. <\/em>Pradhan, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is no stranger to misinformation. A compilation of such instances can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/a-peek-into-the-online-world-of-gaurav-pradhan-a-compilation-of-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_702.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_702-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_702-768x826.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Mamata Banerjee spoke about all faiths<\/h2>\n<p>The screenshot tweeted by Gaurav Pradhan is misleading as the statement credited to Mamata Banerjee is incomplete. We found a LIVE video of the &#8216;United India&#8217; rally shared by Banerjee&#8217;s official Facebook page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamataBanerjeeOfficial\/videos\/1991651534474692\/\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"false\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamataBanerjeeOfficial\/videos\/1991651534474692\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamataBanerjeeOfficial\/videos\/1991651534474692\/\">United India Rally | \u0987\u0989\u09a8\u09be\u0987\u099f\u09c7\u09a1 \u0987\u09a8\u09cd\u09a1\u09bf\u09df\u09be \u09b0\u200c\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09b2\u09bf | \u092f\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0907\u091f\u0947\u0921 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940<\/a><\/p>\n<p>United India Rally | \u0987\u0989\u09a8\u09be\u0987\u099f\u09c7\u09a1 \u0987\u09a8\u09cd\u09a1\u09bf\u09df\u09be \u09b0\u200c\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09b2\u09bf | \u092f\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0907\u091f\u0947\u0921 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamataBanerjeeOfficial\/\">Mamata Banerjee<\/a> on Friday, 18 January 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>At 3:55:24 mins in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamataBanerjeeOfficial\/videos\/1991651534474692\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>, while speaking in Hindi, Banerjee said, <em>&#8220;\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942, \u0908\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928, \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u0908\u0938\u093e\u0908, \u0938\u093f\u0916\u094b \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u092c\u0932\u093f\u0926\u093e\u0928, \u092f\u0939 \u0939\u0948 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 (Sacrifice is a synonym for Hindu, faith is a synonym for Muslims, love is a synonym for Christians, martyrdom is synonym for Sikhs. This is our beloved India.-translated)&#8221;. <\/em>Moreover, the screengrab belongs to a live<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NDTVIndia\/videos\/302395803747910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> NDTV<\/em> <\/a>broadcast of the United India rally. This claim was earlier debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-mamata-spoke-about-muslims-but-she-also-praised-other-religions-at-opposition-s-mega-rally-1435226-2019-01-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>India Today.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Not just Urdu script at the rally<\/h2>\n<p>A Twitter handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirchagalib\/status\/1086647197532413963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>@mirchagalib<\/em><\/a> tweeted two images of the same rally where all the opposition leaders were holding hands in a chain formation. In the second image, a logo of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) written in Urdu was focused on. The claim suggests that Urdu scripts will &#8216;take over&#8217; neighbourhood shop signs, if PM Modi is not elected back to power.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_704.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_704-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_704-768x801.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, Alt News found that the image of opposition leaders holding and raising hands to show unity was mischievously cropped. The stage also had AITC&#8217;s logo in other languages such as English and Hindi. The claim was earlier debunked by an individual Twitter user, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pun_Starr\/status\/1086914640196628480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>@Pun_Starr<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnitedIndiaAtBrigade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnitedIndiaAtBrigade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qIPhL1GVz\">pic.twitter.com\/2qIPhL1GVz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AITCofficial\/status\/1086543394615156738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, Mamata Banerjee&#8217;s statement was based on an out-of-context screen grab from a longer broadcast to mislead social media users. Then, a cropped image of the United India rally&#8217;s stage was used to suggest that opposition leaders will promote only Urdu across India, if voted to power. Earlier, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/doctored-video-no-arvind-kejriwal-did-not-claim-that-modi-amit-shah-will-ruin-pakistan-if-voted-back-to-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doctored video<\/a> of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with the claim that Modi and Amit Shah will ruin Pakistan if voted back to power, was circulated on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the mahagatbandhan rally in Kolkata organized by the TMC, social media user\u00a0Gaurav Pradhan tweeted a screenshot of a television news broadcast attributing a statement to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee which read, &#8220;\u0908\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 (faith is a synonym for Muslims -translated)&#8221;. Pradhan, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":26392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-26354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, Mamata Banerjee did not exclusively promote Islam or Urdu at the United India rally - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, Mamata Banerjee did not exclusively promote Islam or Urdu at the United India rally - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the mahagatbandhan rally in Kolkata organized by the TMC, social media user\u00a0Gaurav Pradhan tweeted a screenshot of a television news broadcast attributing a statement to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee which read, &#8220;\u0908\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 (faith is a synonym for Muslims -translated)&#8221;. 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